[sword-devel] Searching

[Chris Little]

If you run indexing on your text, you can use the Lucene search syntax 
for more complex searches. In the search window, select your translation 
then click the Create Index button.

Now you can use the Optimized Search option. See a brief description of 
the search syntax here: 
http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/queryparsersyntax.html

To do the searches you describe:

bapt* 		will give you all verses with words starting with bapt-

To exclude verses with the word "baptist" in them, you can use either of:
bapt* NOT baptist
bapt* -baptist

But bear in mind that his is not the same as a search for all verses 
that have a word beginning with bapt- other than baptist since "John the 
Baptist went baptizing" would be excluded by those two searches.

--Chris


Geoffrey W Hastings wrote:
> Troy
> First I want to say that I appreciate all you have done with the Sword
> Project. I use the windows software daily. It has been a blessing to me
> and my students. Each year the first thing I teach our interns is how to
> use the Sword.
> So please don't view the following as a complaint, but as a suggestion
> that I believe will be a blessing to the users this software is target
> for.
> 
> I was trying to do a search for all the verses on baptism by putting
> "bapt" in the multi word search.
> In doing so I come up with 91 verses in the KJV. 
> Unfortunately the search string will include "baptist" .
> Is it possible to add an "exclude" function to the "search current
> results". Therefore searching the current results for "bapt" to exclude
> "baptist"?
> This would be a very useful function for any serious user of the SWORD
> project for windows.
> 
> I know I am often doing searches like this and finding the need to create
> a verse list to pick each verse out one at a time.
> Many pastors and teachers would be blessed to have this capability added
> to the SWORD.
> 
> There are other changes aimed at the user that would be very beneficial
> but if we could get this one implemented I could just about do
> cartwheels.
> 
> Some other changes that I am sure many would appreciate are.
> 
> 1. Saved verse lists when opened having the Saved Name in the title bar.
>         I often have several verse lists open at the same time. For
> example verse lists for:
>         Water Baptism is commanded 
>         Water Baptism is after conversion
>         Water Baptism is in Jesus Name
>         Water Baptism is by immersion 
> They all open with the title "Verse List".  I have to line them up and
> put sticky notes on my monitor to keep track of which is which.
>        
> 2. A function to pull verses into word processors by the use of a "ctrl
> alt v" which to open a verse selection window of some type where you
> could not only select the verse range but also the translation. I
> currently use another program for this. 
> 
> No matter where in the world a person is or what language or translation
> they use, these suggestions will greatly improve the users experience and
> ability with this software.
> 
> Thanks
> You and all who have worked on this project have blessed many, myself
> included.
> Geoff Hastings
> 
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